Zeke Turner, CEO of Mainstreet, furnishes his office with a suit of armor, world maps and other items 'that make you want to talk about them.'

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Zeke Turner owns two desks. One is an aviator-style desk, resembling the steel used to make airplane wings. That desk is virtually empty. His real desk is one that allows him to stand and work.

"I get trapped if I sit behind a desk," he said.

When relocating his company, Mainstreet, to Clay Terrace in Carmel, one of Turner's goals was to have a creative, collaborative space for his employees, while respecting their need for privacy and dignity. He accomplished that by providing offices with sliding doors, instead of traditional open-and-shut doors. ...